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Zimrazim wrote:If Ya'shenn

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If Ya'shenn were to put on her ring of mind shielding, would it destroy her mindlink with K'tch, or merely suppress it until she takes the ring off again?

 Bleck, that's a tricky one. 

1) If it severs it completely,  that also means putting on a Ring of Mind Shielding would negate a Thrall power, or any similar, long-term effect.

2) If not, then a ring of mind shielding would supress, but not sever long-term domination or enthrallment. 

I'm going to say #2, because otherwise domination would be too easy to break.  Just slip a similar ring on the enthralled person.

Therfore DM call is "Supress, not break." 

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[Aww, I wanted to do a horror-inducing scene.  You won't be able to see that through smoke. Sad

If u make it a little race between me + Yashenn  vs Dumihn and duthka gith...and us getting there first, u can still do your scene Sticking out tongue

 

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[Aww, I wanted to do a horror-inducing scene. You won't be able to see that through smoke. Sad ]

If u make it a little race between me + Yashenn vs Dumihn and duthka gith...and us getting there first, u can still do your scene Sticking out tongue

 

Ah.  Excellent point. 

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I think Ariael does not want

I think Ariael does not want a race, he wants first honors regardless... tsk tsk, not fun... Sticking out tongue

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So many posts! Edit: 

So many posts!

Edit:  Hahahaha!  Every single active PC failed their Will save.  Laughing

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Azure wrote: This one, my

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This one, my opposite, who refused to consume unwilling sentients, will now experience my greatest joy and its own greatest antithema: the taste of illithid brain, its own!

Pig-killer dives in greedily with the bloody spoon. Bliss's screams pierce the air, and that is not all. Pig-Killer telempathicly projects its insane, sadistic rapture outward.

Time for some nice Jonathan Coulton.  Cool

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Azure wrote:Yes, Gy has a

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Yes, Gy has a phenominal will save.

A couple of guesses:

A goodly number of levels in Psion (not sure how many)

High level in general 

High Wisdom (for a githyanki)

Psicrystal of Resolve

Iron Will feat 

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+15 is nice, but not

+15 is nice, but not impossible to get in other ways, with loads of feats...

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Ii'Jyka shakes off the mental scream and is able to focus again..she looks around and sees thats the idiotic waste of space is running circles, but that 2 of her allies are engaging it... she steps over to Bliss and asks her: "what can u tell us now, so that i may honor our part?..." (if she is no longer able to answer coherently i will just behead her, coup de grace, just in case, i roll for the coup?)

I rolled 8d6 + 27 (coup-crit) and got 58 to behead Bliss.
 
Gee, can't you let other party members ask Bliss for information before beheading it?  :p 

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Wow, with nearly the entire

Wow, with nearly the entire party raining down on an already-wounded Pig-Killer, I think he'll be changing name before the end of the round to Pig-Fodder.

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Zimrazim wrote: Gee, can't

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Gee, can't you let other party members ask Bliss for information before beheading it?  :p 

 

I wanted to end its misery asap, so i guess not.. but i will give her a decent moment to reply to me, if she can....and i wanted Pig-Killer from trying any funky stuff and freaking us out anymore, so to be safe, make the quick kill and be done,

afterwards we can always pay a mage for speak with dead..(or wasn't there a pc who could? or is he inactive, i think...)

 

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wuups, double post, sorry

wuups, double post, sorry

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Azure wrote:[DM - Will run

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[DM - Will run this combat's initiative differently: initiative order will follow order of posts. I may post either before work, or more likely after, i.e. later tonight. When I do, it will be Gy-Nath's and Pig-Killer's turns.]

It seems the game generally has followed this trend for a long while, and I like how it keeps momentum and makes combat run faster in a play-by-post game.

However, I'll point out that there's a downside in connecting character initiative with player posting frequency. Characters whose strength lies in being first to act will have lost it, which is fairly important for rogue and assassin-like characters and critters. I'm pretty much all for keeping this system because it makes the game go faster, but I'll admit that Du'minh's Improved Initiative feat feels like a wasted investment.

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if the Dm alternately keeps

if the Dm alternately keeps it on ini and post quickness then it might not be a total los?.. no?

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You know, technically,

You know, technically, Pig-killer would have to manifest defensively (or take AoOs) to get the mind blast off, but in my opinion it's much more fun to just stun half the party in this situation.  ) 

I'm still laughing at the irony of the psion with the high Will save being stunned.  (Hopefully she won't get de-brained in the next 4 rounds.) 

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Azure wrote: Once they

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Once they search the offices, the githyanki find a heavy safe with the cash-on-hand, but they can neither open nor move it.

 Gy-Nath's disintegrate ability begs to differ.   )  He could recoup the gold he spent on Jhank'kor, too.  

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hehe, smart rememberance

hehe, smart rememberance Zim... agreed!that means we could have opened the other vaults too!!!! Sad

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Azriael wrote: Ar'dru is in

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Ar'dru is in pretty bad shape, 12 hp remaining, 20 hp of that damage is subdual though

How much of that damage is non-subdual damage?

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16 hp (48 total)

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Just to clarify, Ya'shenn's

Just to clarify, Ya'shenn's prejudice against duthka'giths is in-character only.  I like playing a PC with personality flaws, but I don't want to spoil another player's fun.  :)

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Ii'Jyka does not like

Ii'Jyka does not like Duthka'giths either for being non-pure, but thats funny, coz she herself is atm none pure also, in a way... (cant tell to much, dont wanna spoil)

+ Azure, is my necklace of prayer beads functional again or not yet?, how much time has passed since the DUel i had with Gy'nath?

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Githyanki: The Nazi's of

Githyanki: The Nazi's of the Planes.Tongue out

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Dire Lemon wrote:Githyanki:

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Githyanki: The Nazi's of the Planes.Tongue out

I invoke:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law   :)

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I'm just surprised no one

I'm just surprised no one said it earlier.

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Or,  In other words, never

Or,  In other words, never use those words on these forums, regarldless of how fitting or appropriate they might seem..! Dire Lemon..

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That's not at all what

That's not at all what Godwin's law means. If that's what Zim meant she should have said something like well, what you said. Also, why not? Is it in the forum rules or something? I didn't see any forum rules at all actually. It's not like it's a racist term or something, I mean, aside from it being the abreviation for the name of a racist political party, but if that's the problem we souldn't be allowed to say GOP either.Tongue out

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Dire Lemon wrote:That's not

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That's not at all what Godwin's law means. If that's what Zim meant she should have said something like well, what you said. Also, why not? Is it in the forum rules or something? I didn't see any forum rules at all actually. It's not like it's a racist term or something, I mean, aside from it being the abreviation for the name of a racist political party, but if that's the problem we souldn't be allowed to say GOP either.Tongue out

Godwin's Law is an abbreviation for a racist politcal party?  Huh? 

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Dire Lemon wrote: a racist

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a racist political party, but if that's the problem we souldn't be allowed to say GOP either.Tongue out

Not to put too fine a point on it, nor hit you with a flaming rant you (probably) don't deserve, but some people might really resent that implication. 

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Burning Spear wrote:+

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+ Azure, is my necklace of prayer beads functional again or not yet?, how much time has passed since the DUel i had with Gy'nath?

About 6 hours game-time since the duel with Gy-Nath.

BTW, note the spelling, it is significant in the sense that as a foot-soldier his name was probably just Gy, or Nath, or some derivation thereof (actually, An'nath, if you must know). He would have changed his name to the two-part "Gy-Nath" to denote a higher status when he bacame a commanding officer. Githyanki names don't really follow any rules like this, but githyanki do sometimes change or modify their names as their life circumstances change. In general, the longer the name, the higher status the githyanki, though it is not a firm rule. In this vein, I did not think it mere coincidence that Ii'jyka'vaar, a knight (a high status position, during Vlaakith's reign anyway) has the longest name among the PCs. I figure as a hatchling her name could have been "Jyka" or something.

Other examples:  Gy-Nath's supreme leader was named as "Ali-Gorthifsha-Na'Khaal", a rather long name.  The NPC Telas-Niah is about the same level of power/ status (or would be if she wasn't an exile) as Gy-Nath.

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Zimrazim wrote: Dire Lemon

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That's not at all what Godwin's law means. If that's what Zim meant she should have said something like well, what you said. Also, why not? Is it in the forum rules or something? I didn't see any forum rules at all actually. It's not like it's a racist term or something, I mean, aside from it being the abreviation for the name of a racist political party, but if that's the problem we souldn't be allowed to say GOP either.Tongue out

Godwin's Law is an abbreviation for a racist politcal party? Huh?

Lol. No, Nazi is. It's short for National Socialist Party, or something like that. You stated Godwin's law and I said that I was surprised Nazi's hadn't been brought up already and then BS said that you meant that the word Nazi should not be used on this forum. I think.

@Azure: True, but those people are probably republicans. Tongue out

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You are correct, Dire, on

You are correct, Dire, on all 3 accounts.  Nazi IS short for National Socialisten, any Republican (which I could be, you don't know) WOULD be greatly insulted at the suggestion that the GOP is racist or in any way parallels the Nazis, and Zimrazim DID mean that mentioning Nazis was both a false analogy and in extremely poor taste.

[Flame edited out.  I promised I wouldn't and so far I'm keeping that promise.]

Your foot is firmly in your mouth, Dire.  I will not demand an acknowledgement of that fact, nor an apology, nor demand you leave this board, but all three of these options are well within my rights.  Let it drop here.

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I'm sorry... I didn't think

I'm sorry... I didn't think you would take offense to this. I had no intention of saying that republicans were like Nazis. It was just a joke that they were racist. It was just a joke though. You know, like saying democrats hate America. Look, I'm sorry if you took personal offense to anything I said, it was meant merely to be sardonically humorous and not as an insult to you or anyone else, except Nazis.

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Well, I certainly missed

Well, I certainly missed some development here... I've been out of internet for about a day but it seems to work fine now.

 

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Just to clarify, Ya'shenn's prejudice against duthka'giths is in-character only. I like playing a PC with personality flaws, but I don't want to spoil another player's fun. Smiling

I think that goes without saying for all instances of (mature) roleplaying - Ya'shenn is probably relatively more open-minded than most giths in the party, though Gy-Nath seems to take the prize here. Ditto on enjoying playing flawed characters.

 

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Ii'Jyka does not like Duthka'giths either for being non-pure, but thats funny, coz she herself is atm none pure also, in a way... (cant tell to much, dont wanna spoil)

Now that sounds interesting... Anything to do with Ii's god?

 

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Apology accepted, Dire.

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Zimrazim wrote:Just to

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Just to clarify, Ya'shenn's prejudice against duthka'giths is in-character only.  I like playing a PC with personality flaws, but I don't want to spoil another player's fun.  :)

 Hey, no probs, Ar'dru is insufferably arrogant Smile. In fact the only reason he doesn't rub other party members the wrong way more often is because he is self confident and  arrogent so it manifests more as ignoring those who annoy him rather than attacking them (although there was one notable exception to this).

 Incidentally, and not wanting to dwell on a past argument but the racial purity ideals and the controlled breeding programs of the Nazi's were on my mind when I came up with Ar'dru

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Ii'Jyka does not like Duthka'giths either for being non-pure, but thats funny, coz she herself is atm none pure also, in a way... (cant tell to much, dont wanna spoil)

Now that sounds interesting... Anything to do with Ii's god?

yes Sticking out tongue

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[DM post soon?]

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Hey you guys.  Do you

Hey you guys.  Do you think you could give me some help with something?  See this thread for details. /forum/help-newbie-dm-trying-run-a-solo-game-a-clueless-player

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*Kick's DM in to action

*Kick's DM in to action with special "Bouncer-helps-to-kick-dm-boots +5".. Sticking out tongue

And to explain about Ii'Jyka's reasons to behead Bliss and take the head anyway... she does not see it as a trophy, but as a efficient way to kill Bliss, )but she has machinations for the head/ person of Bliss which Dm knows about but i cannot elaborate here any further upon..) she has put the head in the bag, but done so, in a way thet shows its not taken as a trophy (at least thats what i wish to bring across now)...

 

 

 

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Speaking of kicking the

Speaking of kicking the DM...  Everyone's posted in your game BS.  I think the Githyanki thinks the ship is full of zombies. Sticking out tongue

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*Kick's DM in to action with special "Bouncer-helps-to-kick-dm-boots +5".. Sticking out tongue

And to explain about Ii'Jyka's reasons to behead Bliss and take the head anyway... she does not see it as a trophy, but as a efficient way to kill Bliss, )but she has machinations for the head/ person of Bliss which Dm knows about but i cannot elaborate here any further upon..) she has put the head in the bag, but done so, in a way thet shows its not taken as a trophy (at least thats what i wish to bring across now)... 

Hmmm ... If you can explain exactly how you can stuff the head into a bag " in a way that shows its not taken as a trophy " then so be it, but I don't see how.  So, Ii will get a disapproving look from Gy-Nath when she claims Bliss' head, but that doen't mean she has to give a sh*t.

As for poking the DM, I was sort of hoping somebody else would post first.  If not, I'll move things forward, but it'll be a longish post and I won't do it 'till tomorrow after work at the earliest. 

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sure, no probs...

sure, no probs... Smiling

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I'm still alive, but I can't post frequently at the moment (real life currently owns me). I don't know when things will become a bit saner, but annother week or two should see me posting at least a bit--though probably not daily.  

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Sorry folks, having a kind

Sorry folks, having a kind of crazy week in RL here ....

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Azure wrote:Sorry folks,

Azure wrote:
Sorry folks, having a kind of crazy week in RL here ....

No problem, hope you sort it all out.

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  Crazy people acting

 

Crazy people acting crazy.  I'm on vacation next week though.

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On the bright side, at

On the bright side, at least in real life work doesn't carry with it the constant threat of de-cerebriation.

 It just feels like it.

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Welcome back, Azure. 

Welcome back, Azure.  :)

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Azure wrote: Once they

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Once they search the offices, the githyanki find a heavy safe with the cash-on-hand, but they can neither open nor move it.

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Gy-Nath's disintegrate ability begs to differ. ) He could recoup the gold he spent on Jhank'kor, too.

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"No sense in allowing the ghaik to keep their profits. Stand back." Gy-Nath stares intently at the safe, and his eyes start to shine with an azure fire. The locking mechanism falls away into a fine dust and the door swings loosely open. Inside the safe is a large amount of silver, gold, and platinum coins, trade bars, and gemstones. "Ii'jyka'vaar, you have a pocket dimension, if you would do the honors ..."

Tee-hee. :)

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